Communal tension erupted in Shahpur, Dariapur and Mirzapur areas on Sunday night following an accident involving an auto-rickshaw and a motorcycle. Clashes continued on Monday with incidents of stone pelting being reported in Shahpur and Madhavpura areas. Senior police officers are not ruling out the arrest of a Shahpur youth in connection with the Ahmedabad serial blasts as the root cause behind the clashes. Inspector P R Pandya of Madhavpura said, “We have arrested 13 people on rioting charges and the situation is under control.”

According to Shahpur police, a collision between a biker and a rickshaw happened near Delhi Darwaja on Sunday night leading to stone pelting near Rentiya Vadi and Halim ni Khadki. Many policemen and civilians were injured in the clashes. To control the violence the police had to lob more than a hundred tear-gas shells on the mobs. Five separate cases of rioting have been registered against a 1000-strong mob.